How AI will make the world a better place, not bring it to an end
Artificial Intelligence can seem scary, especially with rapid advancements, but what if it actually improves our future? We spoke to Nick Bostrum, a leading philosopher at the University of Oxford and...
4 Apr 202427min
Busting social media diet and nutrition myths
These days as many as 60 per cent of us are turning to the Internet or social media to get health advice. It’s a staggering number, especially when you consider the fact that literally anyone, regardl...
31 Mars 202434min
What happens in our bodies as we age? And is it possible to turn back the clock?
Be it biology, psychology or philosophy, ageing and death are undoubtedly two of the most difficult concepts to tackle in any field of research, so where do we even begin? In this episode I speak to ...
29 Mars 202442min
How science can help you have better conversations
Do you ever find yourself in a meeting at work or in a social occasion and notice how someone in the room seems able to effortlessly and succinctly put their ideas across while also listening to other...
25 Mars 202431min
Synaesthesia: How some of us experience music as shapes and colours and words as flavours
Do you experience sounds or music visually as certain shapes? Or perhaps you are able to ‘taste’ words or ‘hear’ colours. If so, it sounds like you have synaesthesia, a neurological phenomenon that l...
22 Mars 202425min
Why you’re not actually addicted to your phone
Just about everywhere we look today, screens, and in particular social media, are being called addictive, and being blamed for causing mental health problems and damaging childhood development. But d...
18 Mars 202434min
How personalised medicine is about to change healthcare
There’s no doubt new advances in science and technology are having a huge impact on the way we live our lives these days. From Big Data and artificial intelligence to genomics and wearable devices tha...
15 Mars 202429min
How some of the most fascinating discoveries in astronomy were made by accident
For those of us on the outside, scientific discoveries can often appear to be neat, tidy and well thought out in advance. Theorists come up with a hypothesis on a chalkboard and then it’s up to the ex...
11 Mars 202431min
